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Information × Registration Number 0221U100480, 0120U104163 , R & D reports Title Interdisciplinary study of ancient evidence of symbolic behaviour in Eastern Europe popup.stage_title Head Stepanchuk Vadym M., Доктор історичних наук Registration Date 05-01-2021 Organization Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine popup.description2 Purpose of the work: Study of the earliest evidence of symbolically driven behaviour on the territory of Ukraine. The subject of the study is the material remains of symbolic behaviour found at Paleolithic sites (from 25 to 800 thousand years old) in a set of data that allow to reconstruct the circumstances of the emergence of such signals. In the course of the project the following has been carried out. New objects of clearly nonutilitarian use were found in the materials of the Crimean Neanderthal sites, including a lion phalanx with probable engraving and incisions and a pebble with a surface that was probably entirely covered by ochre or a substance that contained this pigment. New evidence has been found for the use of natural dyes in the Late Acheulean of the Crimea (residual analysis) from the artifacts of the Zaskalnaya IX site. New radiocarbon dates have been obtained for Kulichivka, where fragments of ozokerite were found (the find has no analogues in the European Paleolithic). Work continued on the lower layers of Medzhibozh A, in which limestone pebbles with intentional incisions were found. The geostratigraphic position of the lower chronological framework of Medzhibozh sites was clarified. The database covering dyes and exotic objects from Neanderthal sites has been completed and refined. Work continued on the creation of a lithoteca of natural pigments from different regions of the country. Product Description popup.authors Vietrov Denys O Nezdolii Oleksandr I Ryzhov Serhii M popup.nrat_date 2021-01-05 Close